Aromatase deficiency in male and female siblings caused by a novel mutation and the physiological role of estrogens

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 3689-3698

  Morishima, Akira ^a   Grumbach, Melvin M ^c   Simpson, Evan R ^b   Fisher, Carolyn ^b   Qin, Kenan ^b  

^a Babies Children’s Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CASE REPORT; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRILIZATION;

ADULT; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTROGENS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028792229     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.80.12.8530621     Document Type: Article

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